The Crimean War: Russia vs the Ottoman Empire, Britain and France.A Clash of Empires is a well-researched look into the conflict that shook Europe during the years 1853-56. The bloody conflict that pitted Russia against a large European coalition is shown

Hundreds of years ago in faraway Iceland the Vikings began to write down dozens of stories called sagas - sweeping narratives based on real people and real events from their great adventures in Europe, Asia, and North America.. The term Viking from Old No

At the height of its power, the Russian Empire stretched across 15 times zones, incorporated nearly 160 different ethnicities, and made up one sixth of the entire world's landmass. What started as a few small principalities was shaped into an indomitable

In February 1990, the Russian Orthodox Church received permission from the Soviet Government to rebuild the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.Restoration of the cathedral began in 1995 and lasted five years. In order to match the original finishing, marble

Impressions from Zarengold. A Trans-Siberian rail trip from Moscow to Beijing in a special train through Russia, Mongolia and China in June 2011. Places visited include Moscow, Kazan, Jekatarinaburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnojarsk, Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Ulan Ud

Lake baikal, set in a gigantic stone bowl nearly 636 km long and almost 80 km wide, here lies 20% of all the unfrozen freshwater on the earth in Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal is the oldest and deepest lake in the World, with an average depth of 2,441 ft, maxim

Russian Orthodox monks singing in the Kremlin. July 2009. Missed the first few seconds, cut off just as the audience applauded.After making, I commented in Russian to a monk, "You sing beautifully," being careful to use the Russian verb "to sing," and not

This was one of many battles between the Republic of Novgorod and Sweden, all fought over Novgorod's monopoly on the Northern European trade routes to the Silk Road to China, India, the fur trade, and the mineral wealth of the Ural Mountains, diamonds and